Separable cuff-button



E. 1. SWEDLUND. SEPARABLE CUFF BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED JAN-Z8, 192 0.

Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

ERICK J. SWEDLUND, OF WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA.

SEPARABLE CUFF-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

Application filed January 28, 1920. Serial No. 354,649.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERICK J. SWEDLUND, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Williston, in the county ofWilliams and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Separable Cuff- Buttons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cufi'buttons of the general class known as separable buttons designed moreespecially for soft shirts, and it has for its objects among others toprovide a simple and cheap, yet positive snap fastening embodying a balljoint which permits the button to swing to one side to expose the faceof the clamping member and also to allow it to conform to any angle orposition that the cuff may assume.

It has for a further object to provide a cuff button of this generalcharacter composed of few parts, those capable of manufacture at smallcost, readily assembled, yet reliable and most efficient in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part ofthis specification, and in which Figure 1 is an elevationshowing thecufl button as applied to the cuff.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the female member.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the male member.

Fig. 4 is an elevation with the female member in substantially centralsection, showing the way in which the two parts of the button arereadily separated.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the dlfferentviews.

In carrying out my invention, I form the male member with the faceportion 1, the shank 2 and rear portion 3 which terminates in asubstantially spherical or ball portion 4 in axial alinement with the"shank 2, as seen best in Fig. 4. This may be made of any suitablematerial, in one or more parts as may be found mostexpedient.

The female member comprises the face portion 5, the edge of which iscurled, as at 6, to embrace the substantially disk portion 7, whichlatter is at one end of a shank 8,

while the other end of the shank is provided with the member 9 the freeedge of which is bent inward forming the angular flange 10, making thespace inclosed thereby substantially dovetailed in shape or inwardlytapered, as seen best from Fig. 4.

Within this shank 8 is the tubular member 11, see Fig. 4, the inner endof which is flanged, as at 12, to engage the rounded end of the shank 8at its junction with the disk portion 7. The said shank is slitted, asat 13, seen clearly in Fig. 2, leaving the resilient portions 14 betweensuch slits, as seen clearly in Fig. 2, and these portions are receivedwithin the space inclosed by the tapered flange 10, as seen clearly inFig. 4.

he outer faces of these portions 14 are beveled, as seen at 15, so thatwhen they are in the position seen by full lines in Fig. 4 they wedgeagainst the inner wall of the outer portion of the member 10 and form aclutch, as it were, so that the spherical or ball portion 4 of the malemember which is received in the central opening 16 between the portions14, will be firmly grasped, yet allowing of rocking or swivel action ormovement of the male member.

In use, the button is applied to the portions 17 and 18 of the cuff. inthe usual way. Movement of the cuff in any direction will not disconnectthe two parts, but when it is desired to separate the parts it is onlynecessary to press with the thumb or finger 19 against one of theportions 14 when the same will be pressed inward, as indicated by dottedline in Fig. 4, thus relieving its hold on the inner wall of the member10 and increasing the central opening 16 sufiiciently to allow of readyremoval of the ball-shaped member 4. The members 14 are suflicientlyresilient to normally be forced out in the position in which they areshown by full lines in Fig. 4.

Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed as new is 1. A separable cufi' button comprising a malemember and a female memberv and a ball and socket connection and abodily slidable clutch lock between the male and female members.

2. A separable cuff button comprising a male member and a female memberand a ball and socket connection and a bodily slidable clutch lockbetween the male and female members, the socket portion being resilient.

3. A separable cuff button comprising a male member and a female memberand a ball and socket connection between the two, the socket portionbeing Wedgingly held in closed position.

4:. A separable cuff button comprising a male portion With a sphericalterminal and a female portion with a slitted resilient member tofrictionally engage said terminal and constituting a wedge lock.

5. A separable cuff button comprising a male portion with a sphericalterminal and a female portion with a slitted resilient mem- 15 maleportion with a spherical terminal and 20 a female portion with a slittedresilient member to frictionally engage said terminal,

said slitted portion having resilient wedgingly held members, andmovable inward to release the wedging engagement to permit 25 ofseparation of the two portions.

In testimony whereof I afilx my signature.

ERICK J. SWEDLUND.

